This week was such an awesome week!!  We had Zone Conference in Cabanatuan so we left on Monday to go.  Elder Shmutz was there and he spoke to us a lot which was amazing!  He is in the Area Presidency and he is the one that spoke in last years October General Conference.  The Spirit was so strong in that meeting as he taught us how to better recognize and follow Spiritual promptings, and a lot of other things too.  He is an amazing man of God, and you could feel the power in everything that he said.  But I also realized more that the General Authorities are still people, they still make mistakes, they still have weaknesses, but they have just learned and are continuing to learn from everything that happens to them.  I also heard about President Hinckley that he would never walk away from talking to someone until he learned something new, about anything.  Because he just loved to learn and he knew that everyone had something amazing to share.  some food for thought lang:)

Also I had one of the most spiritual lessons of my whole mission this week.  So we went back to visit Mylene, the one i talked about last week, but she wasn't there, so we walked away and as it started to rain, Mylene was running toward her house, so she told us to wait there and she would come back and we would go to her friends house.  So we went there and started teaching Mylene and her friend Nanay Vergie.  So we shared the whole Restoration, and it was a solid lesson, and she accepted to be baptized, and then I asked again if they had any questions, then Nanay Vergie said "Will I see and know who my daughter is in the next life?" She then went on to explain that about 2 years ago her 22 year old daughter had passed away, and that she had been told that she would see her again but that she wouldn't even recognize her in the next life, and this was really troubling her.  Then we testified with all of our hearts that she would see and know her daughter after this life through living the gospel.  She then put her face in her shirt and was crying for a couple minutes, the Spirit was so strong and then she thanked us so much and asked when we could come back.  I know we were led to her so she could feel the spirit and come to know the truth, i am so excited to share the whole Plan of Salvation to her tomorrow.  Because it is all so true and I know that!

So its been a great week, we were also fed at Costa which is the nicest restaurant on the beach by the Senior couple.  It was awesome!!

I will be sending pictures today, sorry it took so long:)

Thank you all for being awesome, I LOVE YA'LL!!!

Have a good one,

Elder Alldredge

P Day trip

Hey so this week has been a solid week, we had a lot of fun and were able to work quite a bit.  On Sunday we had a miracle that hasn't born fruit yet but it for sure will!!! so i'll tell ya about it.... So we OYM'd this old guy and he was pretty open and said we could come back next time and teach him, so we went back on Saturday to find him drunk laying in his hammock.  So after talking to him for a little while(because sometimes drunk people are fun to talk to:) also you can get a ton of information on people that might be interested in listening to our message, yes we were using that drunk guy to his best potential;) then he told us that someone had asked him for the pamphlet that we gave him, but he didn't know who, cuz he was drunk.  So we left walked about 100 steps and then saw a little path going to the coconut forest, so we felt like we should try it.  So we did and we met Sister Mylene and she was the one who asked for the pamphlet!! So literally we were guided by the Spirit DIRECTLY where we needed to go.  Now we haven't been able to teach her yet, because we didn't have priesthood, but she has read the whole thing now and we will go and teach her in the next couple days.  I LOVE MIRACLES!!!

Other than that we talked to a lot of people, and have a TON of return appointments that we can hopefully get going this week.  We did exchanges with the Baler Elders to get my companion more ready to lead the area, because I might be transferring next week, but i'm not sure yet...  

I have also added something to my personal study that i absolutely LOVE to do!!! I take questions, either my own, my investigators, or even questions that I know is true but looking for scriptural evidence backing it up (ex:What scriptures help us to know that Heavenly Father, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are separate?) Then you look up scriptures and you write down everything, feelings, impressions, and awesome scriptures that have really just built my faith.  I believe that this is a very effective way to build our testimony, and it can work with any question we have!! We just have to study it out in our mind and of course with the scriptures and prayer. 

Other than that, I am so sorry that I haven't send very many pictures lately, and that is because I need to buy another USB so my camera doesn't get viruses, its a problem, in the Philippines:)  So we are leaving for Cabanatuan later today so hopefully I can get one there and send a bunch next week.  

In Cabanatuan Elder Shmutz of the Area Presidency will be visiting our Zone Conference, so I'm super excited!! I am also playing the piano piece for the choir and its hard, so if you could prayers are a big help:)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Thanks so much for the emails and prayers!!

Elder Alldredge 

Another week that we spent quite a bit of time in the house, because Elder Ismael still needs to rest.  But the reading is great, i have started reading Jesus the Christ too, so lets just say I have learned a lot.  

I gave a surprise talk yesterday, because the speaker apparently "didn't know" that it was her;) But it was alright it wasn't too long of a time, and I felt like this was for sure all by the spirit.  It was about why do we keep the commandments, now there are a ton of different answer,s like for the blessings, or because God said to and we must follow, or a lot more, but yesterday I focused on obeying the commandments because we love Jesus Christ.  In John 14:15 it says "If you love me, keep my commandments."  So I believe that if we truly love him, if we are truly trying to show that love and appreciation for everything that he did for us, then we will keep all the commandments.  We will do our best to be obedient, because We Love Him.  My testimony about this has grown a lot on my mission, and I have come to love Him so much and am so thankful for Him in my life.  

So we were supposed to go to Cabanatuan on Thursday for the Trainer Trainee meeting, but then on Thursday morning they called us and said that we weren't invited because we are just too far away... so it is now the Cab Fail... sayang:) but its all good we found out that we have an investigator, JR Libunao that has a really strong desire to be baptized, he told us about why he feels he needs to be baptized, and it was super cool!  He didn't come to church this week, but hopefully next week!!!

Also last P-day we went to a hanging bridge across a huge river next to the coconut forest which is next to the ocean.  It was super pretty!!

So ya its been a solid week.

Thank you, for being you, if you are still reading my emails then that means, YOU ARE SUPER AWESOME!!! no seriously you are the best...:)

LOVE YA'LL!!!

Elder Alldredge

So I am pretty sure this will be the shortest letter of my whole entire mission.  So don't be mad;)  We just didn't do a whole lot...  This week has been a week of learning, a lot of reading, and a lot of extra time, which is not the normal missionary way.  This past week President Johnson told us we needed to rest because Elder Ismael has been hurting and he really just needs to rest.  So we have only been working at nights, and with that it isn't for very long.  So lets just say I have had some extra time to study.  Which is basically what I used all that time for.  I have been reading the New Testament in extra time, and learning more of Jesus, which I have LOVED!!!  Also I am doing my best to keep my companion from getting super bored, so ya its been a good time:) 

We had exchanges with the Baler Elders too, and that was fun, we were able to walk through a huge rainstorm in the middle of the bukid, and I was soaked:) When the rain is like that, the umbrella is basically pointless!!!

So I'm so sorry for the lame email, but next week will be better, hopefully:)

Love you all!!! And thanks for the emails, and prayers!!!

Elder Alldredge

P Day trip to Mother Falls